How To Install python-django-haystack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-haystack
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-haystack
python-django-haystack is:
Haystack provides modular search for Django. It features a unified, familiar API that allows you to plug in different search backends (such as Solr, Elasticsearch, Whoosh, Xapian, etc.) without having to modify your code.
It plays nicely with third-party app without needing to modify the source and supports advanced features like faceting, More Like This, highlighting, spatial search and spelling suggestions.
There are three methods to install python-django-haystack
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-django-haystack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-haystack
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-haystack
Install python-django-haystack Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-haystack
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-haystack
Install python-django-haystack Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-haystack
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-haystack
How To Uninstall python-django-haystack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-haystack
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-haystack
Uninstall python-django-haystack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-haystack
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-haystack
Remove python-django-haystack Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-haystack
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-haystack
Remove python-django-haystack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-haystack
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-haystack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-haystack
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.